Nickolai Hammar

Delegates and journalists roam the floor of the United Center on the final day of the DNC.

What we saw at the DNC in Chicago

Grace Widyatmadja

Four days, dozens of speakers and many balloons later, the 2024 Democratic National Convention is officially over.

A photo of the floor of the Republican National Convention.

What we saw at the RNC in Milwaukee

Grace Widyatmadja

Four days, dozens of speakers and many balloons later, the 2024 Republican National Convention is officially over.

The first voters in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, look into one of the many polling rooms at Olympic Primary just minutes before voting commences on Tuesday.

Voters cast their ballots in Kenyan presidential election with low turnout

Eyder Peralta

The presidential election in Kenya drew low voter turnout on Tuesday pitting opposition leader Raila Odinga against Deputy President William Ruto.

Kharkiv Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) technicians Maksim and Maksim walk back to their truck after detonating the first of 24 unexploded, timed mines. They were able to safely dispose of the mines in Bilashi on Saturday. Maksim (left) is holding the remains of the exploded cluster munition is his left hand. The mine was dropped by a cluster bomb Friday night.

See how Kharkiv's bomb squad neutralizes cluster bombs in Ukraine

Eyder Peralta

Ukrainian forces are struggling to detonate mines that scatter over a wide area and are internationally banned, known as "cluster munitions."

Capt. Daniil, a public affairs officer in the Ukrainian military, walks through a field in Mala Rohan, on the outskirts of Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv. He is recording the aftermath of fighting between occupying Russian soldiers and Ukrainian forces.

Photos: Russian forces were driven out of this village outside Kharkiv, Ukraine

Eyder Peralta

Last month, Ukrainian forces pushed the Russians out of the village of Mala Rohan. NPR goes inside the warehouse Russia had used as temporary barracks.

A monument for Taras Shevchenko is symbolically protected by bandages in Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv.

This is what one town in Ukraine looks like after Russian troops withdrew

Scott Detrow

The residents of Borodyanka are picking up the pieces after Russian forces withdrew and left behind a shattered town. Hundreds of people are still missing, presumed buried under rubble.

VIDEO: Is 'POC' outdated? Maybe. But it also has a measurable superpower

Shereen Marisol Meraji

Is it time to say R.I.P. to POC? And, if so, is BIPOC the new kid on the block? In this video, Code Switch co-host Shereen Marisol Meraji digs in.

Chasing The Ventilator Race

Nickolai Hammar

Sometimes things can get so complicated that you need a film noir detective to make sense of it all. Getting ventilators in a pandemic is just one of those complicated things.